Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XIV) Page 4 ii) 3. develop a coherent and integrated approach as well as a coordination mechanism involving the key African stakeholders and development partners for the implementation and follow up of this Declaration. APPEAL to the development partners, especially the financing institutions, to support the implementation of this Declaration and integrate Telecommunications and ICT into their priorities by granting them financing conditions similar to those of other basic public utility infrastructures. Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010